MLB power rankings: 30 best baseball uniforms of all time

Sep 13, 2016; Bronx, NY, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Howie Kendrick (47) watches New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury (22) round the bases after hitting a home run in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports /

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American baseball player Ned Garver, pitcher for the St. Louis Browns, and his teammates present a trophy to Browns’ President Bill Veeck (1914 – 1986) in the dressing room at Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts, June 10. 1952. Veeck had just fired manager Rogers Hornsby and the players were showing him their appreciation. (Photo by Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty Images) /

28. 1953 St. Louis Browns (Away)

Unless we’re talking about the color of the dirt on the infield, or the color of the ball in basketball or football, brown is a tough color to work with in sports. The NFL’s Cleveland Browns have tried to make it work since 1946. The San Diego Padres have embraced it at different points throughout their franchise history, from its first season in 1969 (when paired with gold), through the 1990 (when orange was the secondary team color), and with their fauxback set in use today.

But, no one has done brown as well as the St. Louis Browns did it in the final two seasons before the franchise moved to Baltimore. After 50 years of oversized St.L logos, fleur de lis, block lettering, embossed lettering and various forms of the font made most famous by the Boston Red Sox, the Browns finally got it right with a script “Browns” across the chest of its home jersey, and a script “St. Louis” on the gray road flannels.

Both jerseys featured the Brownie the Elf logo on the left sleeve. While the solid brown cap wasn’t the best the Browns ever wore (that would be the white or gray-crowned lids the team donned from 1946-49) it still looked good.

Unfortunately, (as was the case for the bulk of the franchise’s time in St. Louis) the Browns did not play well in their best uniforms. Even with a young Don Larson and an old Satchel Paige, the club lost 90 games in 1952 and 100 the following season before Bill Veeck sold the franchise, which was moved to Baltimore for the 1954 season.

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